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The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
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Author: Dorian Lynskey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey's account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory." --George Packer, The Atlantic An authoritative, wide-ranging, and...
L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated "Female Byron"
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Author: Lucasta Miller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A lost nineteenth-century literary life, brilliantly rediscovered--Letitia Elizabeth Landon, hailed as the female Byron; she changed English poetry; her novels, short...
Two-Way Mirror: The Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Author: Fiona Sampson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Beautifully told. It is high time Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Aurora Leigh were once again household names.' - Mail on Sunday...
The White Album
Author: Joan Didion Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Joan Didion's hugely influential collection of essays which defines, for many, the America which rose from the ashes of...
Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race, and Empire
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Author: Pankaj Mishra Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A wide-ranging, controversial collection of critical essays on the political mania plaguing the West by one of the most important public...
The Secret Heart: John Le Carre: An Intimate Memoir
Author: Suleika Dawson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A Telegraph Book to Read for Autumn 2022 A Times Best Non-fiction Book for Autumn 2022 A Daily Mail Book of...
Attention: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction
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Author: Professor of Political Science Joshua Cohen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 "Attention reveals a fresh, vital literary voice as it covers seemingly every imaginable...
Breaking Bread with the Dead: Reading the Past in Search of a Tranquil Mind
Author: Alan Jacobs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Should we still bother with the supposedly great works of past ages? Aristotle believed that men were naturally superior to women....
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life
Author: Brigitta Olubas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 The authorised biography of Shirley Hazzard, one of the greatest writers in the English language, author of The Transit of Venus...
The Call of the Tribe: Essays
Author: Mario Vargas Llosa Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 In The Call of the Tribe, Mario Vargas Llosa surveys the readings that haveshaped the way he thinks and has...
Living and Dying with Marcel Proust
Author: Christopher Prendergast Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'A work buzzing with appetite and curiosity...no Proustian should be without it.' - Andrew Marr, author and broadcaster 'Literate, lively, and...
Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane
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Author: Paul Auster Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 800 A LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER A BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF 2021 Booker Prize-shortlisted and New York Times bestselling...
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage
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Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence
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Author: Frances Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize An electrifying, revelatory new biography of D. H. Lawrence, with a focus on his...
Grandmothers: Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers
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An Illustrated Treasury
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House of Exile: The Lives and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroeger-Mann
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Evelyn Juers Format: Hardback...
Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
Author: Maggie Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Keep Moving speaks to you like an encouraging friend reminding you that you can feel and survive deep loss, sink into...
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys
Author: Miranda Seymour Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 'An absolute belter of a biography' MARINA HYDE A Times Literary Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022 An LA Times Best...